Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 39667

Zip code 39667, serving the Tylertown, Mississippi area, is home to two elementary schools that both belong to the Walthall County School District: Tylertown Primary School (grades PK–3, 395 students) and Dexter Elementary School (grades K–8, 74 students). These two schools offer very different educational settings despite being in the same small rural district. Tylertown Primary is a larger school with a typical student-teacher ratio of 14.9 and a chronic absenteeism rate of 13.0%—well below the district rate of 16.9% and the state rate of 23.9%. Dexter Elementary, by contrast, is a very small school with an extremely low student-teacher ratio of 5.7, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 27.0%, which is well above both district and state averages.

Dexter Elementary also operates in a high-poverty context, with 91.89% of students receiving free or reduced lunch. Despite that challenge, the school has shown a remarkable turnaround in its state ranking, climbing from 310th out of 404 schools (1 star) in 2017–2018 to 175th out of 377 schools (3 stars, 54th percentile) in 2025–2026. In 2025–2026, Dexter outperformed its district in every reported subject, including 4th-grade math (50.0% vs. 29.4%) and 5th-grade ELA (61.6% vs. 51.9%). However, it still trails state averages in most subjects, with 5th-grade ELA as the exception.

Tylertown Primary has posted dramatic year-over-year gains on 3rd-grade MAAP tests. ELA proficiency jumped from 10.9% to 31.2%, and math proficiency rose from 32.6% to 55.9%—now exceeding the state math average of 48.8%. Still, Tylertown's ELA proficiency remains below district (40.6%) and state (48.5%) levels, suggesting a need for continued focus on early literacy. The two schools test different grade levels, so direct comparisons are limited, but together they illustrate the diversity within the Walthall County School District—one school improving rapidly in math with low absenteeism, and the other delivering strong district-relative results in a high-poverty, high-absenteeism setting.